Introduction
Wind01
The word netbook conjures up images of small notebooks whose primary
aim is to provide a rich Internet-centric experience. Able to be held
in one hand and generally powered by Intel's Atom processor and either
945-class or Poulsbo chipsets, netbooks start at around £175
and,
at just 1kg, including battery, are eminently portable.
I want one, you probably do too, but the current choice is bewildering,
to say the least. You could go for any number of Eee PCs from ASUS, a
Mini Inspiron from Dell, Aspire from Acer, NB100 from Toshiba, NC10
from Samsung, etc, etc - and that's just scratching the surface.
As the nascent netbook genre has matured throughout 2008, manufacturers
have been keen to add feature-rich models on top of bargain-basement
offerings, usually with more-capacious hard-drives and greater wireless
connectivity.
MSI's original netbook,
The
Wind U100,
bucked the make-it-as-cheap-as-you-can trend and was launched with a
plush 10in screen, 80GB mechanical hard-drive, and, importantly, a
decent keyboard.
Our
review, which was generally favourable, pointed
out a few shortcomings - namely 3G support or SSD
option.
Now, at the start of 2009, MSI aims to get it right with the release of
the U120(H) - or Wind 2 as it's commonly known.
Read on to find out if MSI has made enough of an advancement to keep
pace in frenetic netbook world.
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